University of Massachusetts Amherst - Index Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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r- • ' f f.- On the blue rignal. . Magnified in importance. While the rest of the world held its ring- side seat and waited breathlessly for the next bout in the international wrestling match, Massachusetts State College turned its back on the ring. Minds which had concentrated on foreign aflfairs during the summer again focussed on sophomore Pats and the first vie party of the season. M. S. C. students shut themselves away from the world and settled down to the goode olde grinde in ye towne of Amherste. Bewildered frosh, who found themselves wearing maroon caps and stylish tams, soon carried a whole lot of pricked bubbles in their wake — what with hopping over numerals and serenading at 6:30 A. M. Monitored by the Maroon Key, the men of ' 45 had to answer for any misdemeanors to the unyielding Senate; capital punishment meant a swim in the College Pond. Freshman Reception, exclusive to the ' 45ers and their profs, and the Freshman- Sophomore Rope Pull (where for the first time in four years the frosh were dragged in ignominy and disgrace through the College Pond) were among major freshman functions. At the Razoo push ball game the frosh again bowed to the sophs. W. A. A. Play Day introduced coeds to sports participated in by women of [8]

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Maxwell H. Cpoldberg

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M. S. C. Gradually the class of ' 45 became sufficiently acquainted with campus affairs to settle down to a calm and serious life of wearing caps and tams and of remaining seated in Bowker Auditorium until their elders left. Now on to the Big Fall News — football. This year with Walter Hargesheimer as coach and Jack Brady as captain, the club came out with balanced ledgers — one tie, three wins, four losses — and with the general feeling that football at State would remain out of the red. Campus rallies (including Dean Lanphear ' s traditional advice to the Squaws and Braves ) preceded the games. Attired in snappy new outfits, the cheer leaders provoked spirit at fall games with their revamped fanfares, their acrobatic tumbling, and their indomitable Clarky ; and the band, marching jauntily on to the field, led by strutting majorettes, added color and music to the fall turf battles. Among the battles this fall two stand out because of the beloved college tradition they represented. At the first, on Dads ' Day, a holiday spirit prevailed as dads brushed against dads, attending classes, military review, and the football game against Norwich. On the second — Amherst Weekend — torrents of rain engulfed campus; the rain that Amherst spe- cially reserves for that occasion. Beginning on Friday evening with Campus Varieties, which financed Student Leader Day in March, and continuing through the Amherst-State foot- ball game and Round-Robin vie parties in the evening, the weekend proved a bit wet. Vying with the gridiron team in popularity this year was the soccer team, which played its best season in ten years with four wins, two losses, and one tie. Not so successful in terms of victories but nevertheless right in there fighting was the cross country team for which senior Brad Greene did outstanding work. Extracnrricnlar Extravaganza What the morning paper is to the business man at breakfast is the Collegian to the M. S. C. student after convo; so, firmly shaking summer sands from tousled heads, the members of the Collegian staff hustled back to campus and published a Collegian for the con- A W.A.A. Play Among battles of this fall. . [9]